Vegging out: killing them softly

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The effects of slug pellets are alarming – surely there is a better way to be free of the beasts?

I’ve been busy on the slug front after I noticed all our young peas being gobbled up. At first I grabbed some “slug and snail killer” blue pellets from the garden centre and sprinkled them around.

I was delighted, if a little disconcerted, to discover dead snails around my pots and peas over the next few days. And how very dead they were! Not just deceased, but with bodies oozing bright lime-green slime. It was a little revolting, but fascinating.

It was with less delight that I heard my daughter declare on day three that she had found a dead